Florida Civil War Blockades
Title | Florida Civil War Blockades PDF eBook |
Author | Nick Wynne |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 2014-02-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1614233918 |
Florida was the third Southern state to secede from the United States in 1860-61. With its small population of 140,000 and no manufacturing, few Confederate resources were allocated to protect the state. Some 15,000 Floridians served in the Union and Confederate armies (the highest population percentage of any southern state), but perhaps Florida's greatest contributions came from its production of salt (an essential need for preserving meat and manufacturing gunpowder), its large herds of cattle (which fed two southern armies), and its 1500 mile shoreline (which allowed smugglers to bring critical supplies from Europe and the Carribean). Florida in the Civil War: Blockaders will focus on the men and ships that fought this prolonged battle at sea, along the long and largely vacant coasts of the Sunshine State and on Florida soil. The information will be drawn from official sources, newspaper articles and private accounts. Approximately fifty (50) period photographs and drawings will be incorporated into the text.
Blockaders, Refugees, and Contrabands
Title | Blockaders, Refugees, and Contrabands PDF eBook |
Author | George E. Buker |
Publisher | University of Alabama Press |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2004-06-21 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 081731296X |
Blockaders, Refugees, and Contrabands chronicles the role of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron in creating civil strife and warfare along the west coast of Florida during the Civil War. This history illuminates the Squadron's impact on Florida - the Confederate state most susceptible to actions by the U.S. Navy - and the far-reaching effects of its activities on the outcome of the War.
Civil War Blockade Running on Florida's Gulf Coast
Title | Civil War Blockade Running on Florida's Gulf Coast PDF eBook |
Author | Toni C. Collins |
Publisher | |
Pages | 138 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Florida |
ISBN | 9780983806936 |
The Federal Blockade of Florida During the Civil War
Title | The Federal Blockade of Florida During the Civil War PDF eBook |
Author | Church Edward Barnard |
Publisher | |
Pages | 156 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | Florida |
ISBN |
Florida in the Civil War
Title | Florida in the Civil War PDF eBook |
Author | Lewis Nicholas Wynne |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing (SC) |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Documents in words and pictures the triumphs and tragedies faced by Florida and Floridians during the Civil War.
The Blockade of the Florida Coast During the Civil War
Title | The Blockade of the Florida Coast During the Civil War PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Luther Baker |
Publisher | |
Pages | 230 |
Release | 1937 |
Genre | Florida |
ISBN |
Thunder on the River
Title | Thunder on the River PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel L Schafer |
Publisher | University Press of Florida |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 2010-01-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0813047021 |
When the Civil War finally came to North Florida, it did so with an intermittent fury that destroyed much of Jacksonville and scattered its residents. The city was taken four separate times by Federal forces but abandoned after each of the first three occupations. During the fourth occupation, it was used as a staging ground for the ill-fated Union invasion of the Florida interior, which ended in the bloody Battle of Olustee in February 1864. This late Confederate victory, along with the deadly use of underwater mines against the U.S. Navy along the St. Johns, nearly succeeded in ending the fourth Union occupation of Jacksonville. Writing in clear, engaging prose, Daniel Schafer sheds light on this oft-forgotten theatre of war and details the dynamic racial and cultural factors that led to Florida’s engagement on behalf of the South. He investigates how fears about the black population increased and held sway over whites, seeking out the true motives behind both the state and federal initiatives that drove freed blacks from the cities back to the plantations even before the war's end. From the Missouri Compromise to Reconstruction, Thunder on the River offers the history of a city and a region precariously situated as a major center of commerce on the brink of frontier Florida. Historians and Civil War aficionados alike will not want to miss this important addition to the literature.